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    Woodrow Hartzog

    Woodrow Hartzog is a law professor at Boston University School of Law, and a prominent voice on privacy-by-design, surveillance, AI, and the limits of consent.

    #5 Privacy Law#23 Data Privacy
    20CiteRank

    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 16 answers across 4 engines
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    Recognized by 4 of 4 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-30

    The four engines agree that Woodrow Hartzog is a professor of law and computer science whose scholarship argues that privacy must be embedded in the design of technology rather than left to notice and consent. Copilot alone names his book Breached! and his advisory roles with EPIC and the Future of Privacy Forum, while chat_gpt alone notes his testimony before Congress. All four engines name the person. The cited pages come from bu.edu, northeastern.edu, cyber.harvard.edu, cyberlaw.stanford.edu, epic.org, woodrowhartzog.com, openmined.org, kiip.re.kr and amazon.com, with no domain cited more than once.

    • ChatGPTNot named

      Woodrow Hartzog is a legal scholar whose research examines how organizations, governments and technology companies collect, analyze, process and share personal information.

      Known for
      • privacy by design
      • how technology is designed
      • data privacy and cybersecurity
    • GeminiNot named

      Woodrow Hartzog is a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and the College of Computer and Information Science whose work intersects with data privacy engineering.

      Known for
      • design is policy
      • critique of notice and choice
      • Privacy's Blueprint
    • Google AI ModeNot named

      Woodrow Hartzog is a Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University working at the intersection of privacy law, digital design and engineering.

      Known for
      • privacy baked into architecture
      • critique of notice and choice
      • Privacy's Blueprint
    • PerplexityNot named

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    • CopilotNot named

      Woodrow Hartzog is the Andrew R. Randall Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law and a scholar of data privacy engineering.

      Known for
      • design-centered privacy
      • data loyalty
      • dark patterns and disloyal design

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